diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/db_commands.py b/freqtrade/commands/db_commands.py
index b4997582d..c424016b1 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/db_commands.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/db_commands.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def start_convert_db(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     config = setup_utils_configuration(args, RunMode.UTIL_NO_EXCHANGE)
 
     init_db(config['db_url'])
-    session_target = Trade.session
+    session_target = Trade._session
     init_db(config['db_url_from'])
     logger.info("Starting db migration.")
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence/models.py b/freqtrade/persistence/models.py
index f4058b4eb..d718af2f4 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence/models.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence/models.py
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ def init_db(db_url: str) -> None:
     # https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/contextual.html#thread-local-scope
     # Scoped sessions proxy requests to the appropriate thread-local session.
     # We should use the scoped_session object - not a seperately initialized version
-    Trade.session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine, autoflush=False))
-    Order.session = Trade.session
-    PairLock.session = Trade.session
-    Trade.query = Trade.session.query_property()
-    Order.query = Trade.session.query_property()
-    PairLock.query = Trade.session.query_property()
+    Trade._session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine, autoflush=False))
+    Order._session = Trade._session
+    PairLock._session = Trade._session
+    Trade.query = Trade._session.query_property()
+    Order.query = Trade._session.query_property()
+    PairLock.query = Trade._session.query_property()
 
     previous_tables = inspect(engine).get_table_names()
     ModelBase.metadata.create_all(engine)
diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock.py b/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock.py
index d5a8d7ae1..a6d1eeaf0 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class PairLock(ModelBase):
     """
     __tablename__ = 'pairlocks'
     query: ClassVar[_QueryDescriptorType]
-    session: ClassVar[SessionType]
+    _session: ClassVar[SessionType]
 
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True)
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence/trade_model.py b/freqtrade/persistence/trade_model.py
index a05eb7409..0ae5fba25 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence/trade_model.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence/trade_model.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Order(ModelBase):
     """
     __tablename__ = 'orders'
     query: ClassVar[_QueryDescriptorType]
-    session: ClassVar[SessionType]
+    _session: ClassVar[SessionType]
 
     # Uniqueness should be ensured over pair, order_id
     # its likely that order_id is unique per Pair on some exchanges.
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ class Trade(ModelBase, LocalTrade):
     """
     __tablename__ = 'trades'
     query: ClassVar[_QueryDescriptorType]
-    session: ClassVar[SessionType]
+    _session: ClassVar[SessionType]
 
     use_db: bool = True
 
diff --git a/tests/persistence/test_migrations.py b/tests/persistence/test_migrations.py
index 5254164c1..2a6959d58 100644
--- a/tests/persistence/test_migrations.py
+++ b/tests/persistence/test_migrations.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ spot, margin, futures = TradingMode.SPOT, TradingMode.MARGIN, TradingMode.FUTURE
 def test_init_create_session(default_conf):
     # Check if init create a session
     init_db(default_conf['db_url'])
-    assert hasattr(Trade, 'session')
-    assert 'scoped_session' in type(Trade.session).__name__
+    assert hasattr(Trade, '_session')
+    assert 'scoped_session' in type(Trade._session).__name__
 
 
 def test_init_custom_db_url(default_conf, tmpdir):
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def test_init_custom_db_url(default_conf, tmpdir):
 
     init_db(default_conf['db_url'])
     assert Path(filename).is_file()
-    r = Trade.session.execute(text("PRAGMA journal_mode"))
+    r = Trade._session.execute(text("PRAGMA journal_mode"))
     assert r.first() == ('wal',)